WEBVTT HE SAID HE WAS EXPECTING TO SEEA MASSIVE BLACKED-OUT AREA.INSTEAD, HE SAYS THERE ARE ASERIES OF SMALLER SPORADICFIRES.OVERNIGHT, WHAT IS NOW BEINGREFERRED TO AS THE BOULDER CAVEFIRE CONTINUED ITS MARCH ALONGKINSMEN'S RIGDE IN WOODSTOCK.>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORSTPLACES YOU CAN HAVE A FIRE.RAY: WEDNESDAY MORNING, CREWSGATHERED AT THE BASE OF THE LOSTRIVER GORGE AND BOULDER CAVESPARKING LOT.>> WE DO HAVE EXTRA MAPS.RAY: THE PLAN CALLING FORFIREFIGHTERS TO SPLIT INTO TWOGROUPS.>> WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK IT FROMTHE BOTTOM, TRY TO GET THE FIRELINE AROUND IT, CONTAIN IT.RAY: BUT FIRST, FIREFIGHTERSHAVE TO GET THERE.THERE IS ABOUT 700 FEET INELEVATION THAT THEY HAVE TO DEALWITH, OFTEN TIMES IMPOSSIBLE TOWALK, EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY ITIS A TRAIL.>> IT WAS BASICALLY GOING UP ONALL FOURS TO GET UP THERE CARRYYOUR PACKS AND TOOLS.RAY: AND THEN THERE THE TERRAINITSELF.>> THERE'S A LOT OF FALLENDEBRIS, ROCKS, TREES.SAFETY FIRST FOR ALL OF OUR GUYSIS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.RAY: THROUGHOUT THE MORNINGFIREFIGHTERS ALSO GOT HELP FROM, ABOVE, FIRST A PRIVATEHELICOPTER DROPPING WATER, ONLYTO BE JOINED LATER BY ABLACKHAWK CAPABLE OF DROPPINGHUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF WATER ATA TIME.AS FOR HOW THE FIRE STARTED,OFFICIALS AREN'T SURE.A MAN CLAIMS HE SAW A METEORITESTRIKE THE RIDGE MONDAY NIGHT.OFFICIALS SAY THEY CAN'T RULETHAT OUT, BUT IT'S MORE LIKELYTHE FIRE STARTED ALONG ONE OFTHE HIKING TRAILS.ONE THING FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TOBE VERY WARY OF IS WHAT THEYCALL ROLLING DEBRIS.IN THE TIME WE WERE HERE, WE'VESEEN A LARGE BOULDER BREAK OFF, SLAMMING INTO THE TREES BELOW.